Maduro promoted a consultative referendum in Venezuela to support Venezuela's claim to the Essequibo region, which is disputed with, and controlled by, neighboring Guyana.Most critically, the result is unlikely to allow the Biden administration to unwind its sweeping economic sanctions against Venezuela.A setback came in November 2017, when an expl

“We will stay here until there is a military intervention or the electoral court changes what is happening,” said Antoniel Almeida, 45, the owner of a party-supply store who was helping run the blockade. Mr. Almeida believed the election was rigged. “We need an investigation,” he said.Candidates must register by late March, giving Machado a

The free-market proponent won the contest with more than 90% of the vote. Venezuela’s top court complicated her presidential aspirations in January by affirming her ban, although she has continued campaigning and has rejected suggestions to choose a substitute.Only about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the polls, which allowed the PSUV to c

Maduro promoted a consultative referendum in Venezuela to support Venezuela's claim to the Essequibo region, which is disputed with, and controlled by, neighboring Guyana.Most critically, the result is unlikely to allow the Biden administration to unwind its sweeping economic sanctions against Venezuela.Occupying more than two-fifths of the country

“We will stay here until there is a military intervention or the electoral court changes what is happening,” said Antoniel Almeida, 45, the owner of a party-supply store who was helping run the blockade. Mr. Almeida believed the election was rigged. “We need an investigation,” he said.The region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration